9th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 9th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1865. The general assembly sat from 1866 to 1869.

9th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Colonial Building seat of the Newfoundland government and the House of Assembly from January 28, 1850, to July 28, 1959.
History
Founded	1866
Disbanded	1869
Preceded by	8th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	10th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Frederick Carter
Elections
Last election	1865 Newfoundland general election

A coalition government led by Frederick Carter won the election and Carter served as Newfoundland's premier.^[1] Not all members of the coalition supported Canadian Confederation.^[2]

William Whiteway was chosen as speaker.^[3][4]

Sir Anthony Musgrave served as colonial governor of Newfoundland.^[5]

In 1869, draft terms for union of Newfoundland with Canada were presented to and accepted by the Canadian parliament. Premier Carter did not feel that he had a mandate to enter Confederation and called an election to allow the issue to be decided by the electorate.^[2]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1865:^[2][6]

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	John Bemister	Bay de Verde	Coalition	1855
	John Henry Warren	Bonavista Bay	Coalition	1865
	John T. Oakley		Coalition	1865
	John T. Burton	Coalition	1865
	Daniel W. Prowse	Burgeo-La Poile	Coalition	1861
	Frederick Carter	Burin	Coalition	1859
	Edward Evans	Coalition	1861
	John Rorke	Carbonear	Coalition	1863
	Thomas Glen	Ferryland	Opposition	1855
	Michael Kearney	Opposition	1865
	Thomas R. Bennett	Fortune Bay	Coalition	1865
	John Hayward	Harbour Grace[nb 1]	Coalition	1855
	William S. Green		Coalition	1865
	Joseph Godden (1868)	Coalition	1868
	George Hogsett	Harbour Main[nb 2]	Opposition	1865
	Charles Furey		Opposition	1859, 1865
	Joseph I. Little	Opposition	1867
	Ambrose Shea	Placentia and St. Mary's	Coalition	1848
	Pierce M. Barron		Coalition	1861
	Thomas O'Reilly	Coalition	1865
	John Leamon	Port de Grave	Coalition	1859
	Robert John Pinsent (1867)	Coalition	1867
	John Kent	St. John's East	Coalition	1832, 1848
	Robert John Parsons		Opposition	1843
	John Kavanagh[nb 3]	Opposition	1857
	Coalition
	John Casey	St. John's West	Coalition	1859
	Thomas Talbot		Opposition	1861
	Henry Renouf	Opposition	1861
	Peter Brennan (1866)	Opposition	1866
	Stephen Rendell	Trinity Bay	Coalition	1859
	Frederick J. Wyatt		Coalition	1864
	Stephen March	Coalition	1852
	Robert Alsop (1866)	Coalition	1866
	William Whiteway	Twillingate and Fogo	Coalition	1859
	Thomas Knight	Coalition	1859

Notes:

1. No result; by-election held November 1861
2. Invalid return; result decided by assembly committee
3. Joined the coalition in 1868

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
St. John's West	Peter Brennan	Opposition	June 2, 1866	J Casey named to cabinet in 1866[nb 1][2]
Trinity Bay	Robert Alsop	Coalition	October 29, 1866	S March resigned seat in 1866[2]
Port de Grave	Robert John Pinsent	Coalition	January 14, 1867	J Leamon died in 1866[2]
Harbour Main	Joseph I. Little	Opposition	November 28, 1867	C Furey vacated seat in 1867[2]
Harbour Grace	Joseph Godden	Coalition	November 7, 1868	J Hayward named judge on August 7, 1868[2]

Notes:

1. After 1862, new appointees to cabinet were required to resign and seek a vote of confidence from their electors